Seton Hall suffered its latest recruiting blow on Tuesday when Kentucky guard Zion Harmon chose Western Kentucky over the Pirates and several other high-profile options.

The 5-foot-9 point guard from Benton, Ky., also turned down Kansas, Maryland and Murray State by choosing the Hilltoppers. Ranked the No. 6 point guard in the Class of 2021 by 247Sports.com, Harmon has the option of reclassifying to 2020.

Harmon averaged 25.4 points per game and shot 44.3 percent from the field this past season at Marshall County High School, leading his Marshals team to 23 wins and a runner-up finish in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association's First Region.

Seton Hall has now missed out on three guards and wings in recent weeks as they try to build for the post-Myles Powell Era.

Seton Hall’s connection to Harmon stemmed from coach Kevin Willard’s time living in Kentucky and attending Bowling Green High School, where Zion later spent eighth grade before moving on to Marshall County High School.

Mike Harmon, who is originally from Ohio but grew up in the Washington, D.C. area, said he and his son established a real bond with Willard.

“[Zion] and coach Willard had that connection a little bit because he was trying to get a state title in Kentucky so it was good,” said Mike Harmon. “He’s a down-home guy that has traveled because of his dad. He’s just a special guy.

“Coming in there and going through the walk-through and just watching coach Willard, [he] crossed every T, dotted every I, did everything that a coach could possibly do to prepare those kids,” he added. “I was just so impressed because he doesn’t get the top 20 or 30 kids in the country. He gets kids that he has to work with and grind, but he’s competing with those schools, and not just competing, but [having] outstanding success.”

Willard still has major work to do to retool his roster for the 2020-21 season and beyond.

Seton Hall also adds Canisius transfer Takal Molson, who averaged 16.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists two years ago in the MAAC and before that was the 2018 MAAC Rookie of the Year.

Willard told NJ Advance Media last week that he was looking to add “at least two more” players heading into the 2020-21 season, adding he needed at least one guard and one big man.

Harvard graduate transfer Bryce Aiken, who played high school ball at The Patrick School and took his official visit to Seton Hall with Powell in the fall of 2015, is high on the Pirates’ wish list, with one source saying it would be a “perfect fit.”

The Randolph native averaged 16.7 points for the Crimson this season, but missed the latter part of the season with a foot injury.

Aiken graduates Harvard May 29 and sources said Seton Hall, Michigan, Michigan State, Maryland and Marquette are “strong in the mix right now.”